| Description | Typed transcript of pages 1-45 of Belgrave's diary, covering the period between 1 January and 12 May 1936. Topics covered include New Year's Eve celebrations, home movies shown by Mrs Loch and the screening of 'Katherine the Great' at the club (3 January), photography (18 January, 27 February, 6 March, 3 April), new of the death of King George V (20 January), Mrs Loch filming and screening home movies (30 January, 4 February, 2 May), Shaikh's copy of the Illustrated London News with pictures of the king's funeral (22 February), departure of Belgrave's family - his son James, his nanny and Marjorie's mother (2 March), trip over to Muharraq to pay calls for Eid (5 March), news of the return of Major Holmes as representative of a new British oil company (14 March), visit to the club to see the film 'The Lost Patrol' (19 March), screening of the Boones' home movies of Muhurram procession and police sports (21 March), arrival of Major Holmes (23 March), Muhurram festivities (3 April), showing of King's funeral on film (16 April), tension between British and American oil workers (18-22 April), and seizure of a freed slave (25 April). |